Oct 15, 2012, 9:17 AM
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Poor Michael Fournier!
According to the French version of his own biography, Michel Fournier claims to have a total of more than 8,700 jumps in 2011, including a French record of height in freefall at 12,000 m.[2] However, his parachuting experience was disputed by Patrick de Gayardon[3] and the magazine Paramag.[4] No official institution has ever confirmed one of his titles.
Oct 15, 2012, 4:33 PM
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Re: [airtwardo] did Baumgartner just jump higher than Kittinger?
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Poor Michael Fournier!
According to the French version of his own biography, Michel Fournier claims to have a total of more than 8,700 jumps in 2011, including a French record of height in freefall at 12,000 m.[2] However, his parachuting experience was disputed by Patrick de Gayardon[3] and the magazine Paramag.[4] No official institution has ever confirmed one of his titles.
Yeah...he's French!
How did Patrick de G dispute anything MF (or anyone else for that matter) did in 2011? Just askin'.
Oct 15, 2012, 5:10 PM
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I guess Fournier has been trying to go high for a very long time. One French blog I saw wasn't specific but mentioned "1992, 1997, 2000, 2002" etc, when being skeptical about Fournier, so maybe Fournier has had big plans for longer than most of us in North America know about.
Unfortunately the Paramag link from Twardo's post is not active, the one where Fournier's experience is questioned in the French magazine. I can't find the article online anywhere. The full mag may be online for subscribers only (rather than just a few selected articles, that are public). It would be the July 2008 issue of ParaMag. Fournier obviously did do a lot of organizing, whether or not there were questionable elements to his story.
Oct 17, 2012, 6:54 AM
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Re: [Liemberg] did Baumgartner just jump higher than Kittinger?
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I think Felix's jump was absolutely amazing, and I am very glad that he encountered no serious problems. My heart jumped a beat or two whe Isaw him spinning, but he managed to correct that nicely.
I was certainly there encouraging him on in spirit, and although I wish I could have been there in real time, I congratulate him for his great jump.
Perhaps someone should put him on the " Bold Skydiver " list. He has earned it.
I watched the counter as it ticked off the seconds,and he activated his chute at exactly 4 minutes and 17 seconds, but including his opening, one could say he got a total of 4 minutes and 20 seconds of freefall.
Considering the cost and the work he and his team put into that jump, I was quite amazed to find out his freefall time was only 1 minute and 48 seconds longer than my Canadian record.
On my jump from 36,916 ft, I got 2 minutes and 29 seconds, but if I included the opening time of 3 seconds, I got a total of 2 minutes and 32 seconds.
It truly was a great jump Felix, and to be remembered for a long long time.
Oct 17, 2012, 7:52 AM
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my hat is off to Felix , BUT Capt Kittinger did from an open gondola,NOT a pressurized, climate controlled capsule. in my book that makes Kittinger the better man
